The Western Australian Government has made a submission to the Organic Industry Standards and Certification Council to consider a tolerance of 0.9 per cent of GM material in organic produce, in line with European Union standards.

The council's national standards sub-committee met this week. Secretary Marg Will says they are still considering the submission and investigating whether a change in standards could shut Australian organic produce out of export markets.

"As with all submissions made to the national standards sub-committee, they are taken very, very seriously," Ms Will said.

"Any change in the standards, whether it be the West Australian submission, or any other submissions that are accepted, must go through a thorough and rigorous process to decide what impact the potential change will have upon equivalency arrangements with importing countries."

The Organic Industry Standards and Certification Council's national standards sub-committee will meet again in November.